2007-12-18 18:59:12 · 5 answers · asked by maui 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My daughter wouldn't take a pacifier. Maybe we waited too long to try, though. (I read once to wait until six weeks to introduce a bottle and pacifier.) She's okay with taking a bottle of pumped milk, but I think that's only because food's coming out of it. She would also take my finger to suck. I guess she's like me and prefers natural. Last week she started to put her fist in her mouth to suck. The past couple of days, I think it's been more her thumb or her index finger. We don't mind, except she doesn't wait until her hand or her mouth is rinsed when we bath her to stick it back in her mouth. I just have to be diligent about giving her hand a good wipe when I change her diaper. I'm not too worried at home, as I wash my hands every time I use the bathroom (I give them a good 30 second soaping away from the water) and she doesn't really touch much. (I have been neglectful about cleaning her toys, though.)
Recently we were with some friends and the discussion on thumb sucking and pacifiers came up. One said that it was harder to give up the thumb as it's always there. He might have a point, but I really don't care if she is a thumb sucker or not. If it helps, then so be it. I guess she could be doing worse things.
2007-12-18 23:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan_Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't. However, do not remove the thumb from the babies mouth.
Babies are smart. The minute they know it is something they are not supposed to do, they do it more often. If you ignore it, they eventually get over it.
A doctor told me to do that and my son got over the habit in a month's time.
2007-12-19 03:28:57 · answer #2 · answered by babasbhakta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite safe. You are never going to open a newspaper and read about a thumb recall, and about how they're not going to be making thumbs out of that particular kind of plastic anymore...
Really, harmless soothing, and they beat pacifiers, in my opinion.
2007-12-19 07:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
dangerous?
not at all, but a soothing past time, thumbs up!
2007-12-19 05:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by dot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it is normal, for the first one year. infants put everything in they mouth
2007-12-19 07:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋